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VOL XLm NO. 36. LUMBEZIXON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 24. 1912. WHOLE NO. 2770
TAFT AND SHERMAN.
- Renominated by Republican
GnTention at Chicaf Presi
dent Receives Majority of On
ly 21; With 344 Delegates Not
Voting Roosevelt People Re
fused to Vote, Leaving No
Other Candidate.
Convention Hall. Chicago. Di patch. 22d.
With nearly 350 of the Roose
velt delegates declining to vote
and hastening away at adjourn
ment time to tender to Col
Theodore Roosevelt the nomina
tion of a w party the fifteenth
Republican national convention
at the end of a long and tumul
tuous session tonight renomi
nated William Howard Taft of
Ohio for President, and James
Schoolcraft Sherman of New
York, for Vice President.
President Taft received 561 of
the 1,078 votes in the convention,
or 21 more than a majority.
The decision of the Roosevelt
people, under direction of their
leader, to refrain from voting,
left no other candidate. The an
nouncement of the Taft victory
was greeted with cheering from
his adherents and groans and
hisses from the opposition.
When it became absolutely cer
tain early today that Mr. Taft
would be nominated without
great difficulty, the leaders in
control of the convention decided
to give him as a running mate
his companion on the ticket in
1908.
All others dropped from the
race and Mr. Sherman was the
only candidate regularly placed
before the convention. A motion
from New Hampshire to make
the nomination by acclamation
was declared out of order. There
were many scattering votes on
the roll call that ensued.
The convention amid much
confusion adjourned sine die.
At no time was there an Indi
cation of a walk-out of the Rbbse
velt delegates. They expressed
their revolt by silence.
In the confusion just before
adjournment, a resolution was
adopted giving the rational com
mittee power to declare vacant
the seat of any man on the com
mittee refusing to support the
nominees of the regular conven
tion of 1912.
Sherman's vote was 597.
Cotton Blossoms Several First
One.
On Thursday evening Mr. W
P. Barker, of Lumberton, brought
to The Robesonian office a cotton
blossom for Mr. A. H. Leggett,
who lives on the Fairmont road
near Center. Mr. Leggett's blos
som was the first received, but
several have come in since. Mr.
E. Odum of Raft Swamp, left
one in the office Friday for Mr.
Edmund Davis, a farmer in the
Raft Swamp section; Friday Mr.
H. W. Wallace, who lives on
route No. 4 from Hamer, S. C,
who formerly farmed in this
county near Fairmont but now
has a fine crop in Dillon county,
S. C, sent in a blossom; Satur
day Mr. Memphrey Britt, of
Britt's township, sent a blossom
to town by his neighbor Mr
Willis Barnes, and on the same
day one was received through
the mail from H. B. Canady, In
dian, ho lives on route 1 from
Lumbelon in the Ten Mile sec
tion. This morning Mr. John
Willoughby, who farms about
three miles from town on the
Fairmont road, brought three
blossoms to town and said he could
have had some here earlier had
he been coming this way. He
said that the first one he saw in
his field was last Wednesday.
Proctorville Points Death of an
Infant.
correspondence of The Robesonian.
Proctorville, June 18 Proctor
ville's colored ballteam defeated
McDonald by score of 11 to 0.
Cbops have improved greatly
f or the last four or five days.
Sorry to report the death of
the 23-months-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Stephens, which occurr
eFriday night The remains
were put to rest Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the old fami
ly burying ground on the late E.
nCttkfnsdn pla"ee."----
(W. Lennon)
SIXTH DISTRICT PRIMARY.
Vote By Counties Executive
Committee.
Dunn Special.'22nd. to News and Observer.
Complete returns from" the
sixth district congressional pri
mary received here todav from
the seven counties in the district
show the vote bv counties for the
candidates for Congress as fol
lows: Godwin
Bladen 329
Sinclair.
174
109
230
424
23
Brunswick . . . 259
Columbus .... 934
Cumberland . . . 552
HarneU , . . . . 704
New Hanover . . 567
Robeson .... 1,080
51
364
Total .... 4,425 1,375
In the Drimarv the following
executive committee was elected:
Bladen J. B. Clark.
Brunswick -Peter Rourk.
Columbus Elmo Powell.
Cumberland George McNeill.
Harnett-J. C. Clifford.
New Hanover Woodus Kellum
Robeson B. Q. Townsend.
The returns from the primary
show that the farmers were so
busy all of them did not vote.
On account of weather conditions.
extreme cold and rainy weather,
the farmers were very much be
hind with their work. laking
into consideration this fact and
the further fact that Hoke coun
ty has been taken from the sixth
district the returns show that
about seventy per cent of the
Democratic vote in the sixth dis
trict was polled.
Malaria Prevalent How Pre
vented. Evidence tends to show that
there have been more than 200
cases of malaria or chills and fe
ver in the county within the last
few weeks. The so-called "bill
ious fever" is often caused by
the malarial germ. This germ
gains an entrance into the body
through the bite of a certain va
riety of mosquito, known as the
anophales. This is the onlv pos
sible way of contracting the dis
ease. If this mosquito bites an
infected person it is then prepar
ed to spread the disease to oth
ers.
This variety of mosquito breeds
in stagnant water. To prevent
its development the stagnant
water must be drained, covered
over with kerosene oil one-half
pint to the hundred square feet
every ten days or the water
must be supplied with hsh.
Doors and windows should be
screened to prevent mosquitoes
from entering the home. If it is
iniDossible to enforce one of
these plans it would be well for
all who are exposed to mosqui
toes to take a dose of quinine ev
ery morning before breakfast as
a preventative.
B. W. Page
Co. Supt. Health.
A Card
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THEY WOUDN'T MIX,
MOVE FOR UNION DEPOT.
The Industrial and Commercial
Club is Making Effort to Se
cure a Union Depot for Lum
berton.
Lumberton is certainly a town
important enough to have a un
ion depot for its three railroads
and the Industrial and Commer
cial Club committee on railroads,
composed of Messrs. T. A Mc
Neill, Jr., chairman, A.E. White,
E. M. Britt, J. D. McLean and
T. C. Evans, has started the ball
to rolling with that end in view.
This committee has written the
following letter, which explains
itself, to the Seaboard Air Line,
Raleigh & Charleston and Vir
ginia & Carolina Southern rail
roads:
The undersigned committee
of the Industrial and Commer
cial Club oithe town of Lumber-
ton, in pursuance of an order of
the president of that club, unan
imously concurred in by all mem
bers, desire to take up with you
jointly the matter of establish
ing a union depot at this point
The members of the Industrial
and commercial l.iud repre
sent the business interests
of the town and the sur
rounding community, and it is
felt here that a union depot is
necessary for the reasonable ac
commodation of the travelling
public, this town being the con
verging point of three railroads,
namely, Seaboard Air Line, Ral
eigh & Charleston, and Virginia
& Carolina Southern.
"Your records and personal
experience, we feel, will lead
you to conclude with us that the
town of Lumberton is constantly
growing in population, and in
different industries and resourc
es, and that the travel to and
from and through this town ia
increasing to such extent that an
improvement of railroad facilities
of this nature is almost necessa
ry.
"We therefore think it not un
reasonable to request an imme
diate establishment of a union
depot here, and wish to-ave an
early joint conference with your
officials relative to this matter."
Small Girl Dies as Resuls of Rat's
Bite.
Newbern Special, 21st, to News and Observer.
Blood poison which resulted
from a rat's bite on the ear caused
the unusual death of little Ruth
Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Martin, who live in the
lower section of Craven county.
Several days ago while the
parents were away from home
and the little girl was asleep on
a pallet, she was suddenly at
tacked by a huge rat, which
gnawed one of her ears in a hor
rible manner. The screams of
the child brought her brother in
to the room and the rat was
killed. A physician was called
and cauterized the wound, which
for a day or two seemed to be
healing. However, blood pois
oning set in and despite the ef
forts of the parents and physi
cian, death relieved the little
one's suffering.
Hakes the Nation Gasp.
, The awful list of injuries on a Fourth
of July staggers humanity. Set over
against it, however, is the wonderful
healing, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve, of
thousands, who suffered from burns,
cuts, bruises, bullet wounds or explo
sions. Its the quick healer of boils.
ulcers, eczema, sore lips or piles. 25c
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Domestic Troubles Cause Young
H. M. Britt to Decide on Lau
danum Route Discovered in
Time to be Saved.
ri. M. critt, about zb years
old, an employe of the Lumber
ton cotton mills, attempted sui
cide Saturday evening about (
o'clock by drinking laudanum.
but his rash act was discovered
in time for heroic measures to
bring him back safe to the coun
try he sought to leave.
Mr. Britt bought an ounce of
laudanum Saturday afternoon
and before drinking it wrote a
note, which he pinned to his
breast, in which he referred to
domestic troubles as the cause.
He was found about 15 minutes
after the dose was taken, Dr. H.
T. Pope was hastily called in.and
the. young man was brought
around. He and his wife have
not been living together lately.
Both work at the Lumberton
mills at night. They have two
children, about 2 and 4 years old.
The young man is a son of Mr.
Millard Britt, who also lives in
East Lumberton.
A NOBLE GIFT.
Mrs. M. J. Jackion of Kins ton
Gives Valuable Farm to Meth
odist Orphanage-Dormitory
for Girls to be Erected.
Kiniston Free Press.
The Methodist orphanage at
Raleigh is the beneficiary of a
gift made today by Mrs. M. J.
Jackson, one of Kinston s best-
known citizens. Mr3. Jackson
has conveyed her Greene county
farm to Messrs. H. H. Grainger
and Y. T. Ormond in trust, the
farm to be sold by the 15th of
November next and the proceeds
to be turned over to the trustees
if the Methodist orphanage. The
farm is thought to be worth $10,-
000.
The money thus realized is to
be spent in the erection on the
orphanage grounds of a dormito
ry for girls. This will meet an
acute want now felt at the or
phanage. The trustees need a
girls' building to meet a demand
such as is filled by the boys' dor
mitory already erected.
The farm which Mrs. Jackson
has given to the orphanage con
sists of 278 acres of the most val
uable land in Greene county. It
is situated a half mile from Hook-
erton and four miles from Glen-
field, on the Kinston-Snow Hill
Railroad. It is on the public
road leading to Kinston and off
into the Felds section, and as not
ed, within easy reach of two
railroads the East Carolina road
at Hookerton and the Kinston
Snow Hill road. Fully one hun
dred acres of the farm consists
of woodland never cut over. It
contains much valuable timber.
The farm is especially well adapt
ed to the culture of tobacco,
though cotton, corn, etc., are
grown with great success.
The gift has been accepted by
the orphanage trustees.
Helped to Keep Down Expenses
Mrs. J. E. Henry, Akron, Mich., tells
how she did bo: "I was bothered with
my kidneys and had to go nearly double.
I tried a sample of Foley Kidney Pills
and they did me so much good that I
bought a bottle and feel that they
saved me a big doctor's bill." For sa.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATFD.
By Progressive Faction of Re
publican Party Roosevelt
Delegates Hold Independent
Convention and Make Him
Standard Bearer Nomination
Chiefly for Purpose of Form
ing Temporary Organization
Chicago Dupatch. 22d.
Former President Theodore
Roosevelt was nominated for
President on an independent tick
et tonight in the dying hours of
the Republican national conven
tion in which he had met defeat
The followers of Colone
Roosevelt gathered in Orchestra
Hall, less than a mile from the
Coliseum and pledged their sud
port to the former President
In accepting the nomination,
Colonel Roosevelt appealed to
the people of all sections, legard
less of party affiliations to stand
with the founders of the new
party, one of whose cardinal
principles, he said, was to be
"Thou Shalt Not Steal."
The informal nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt was said to be
chiefly for the purpose of organi
zing a temporary organization.
Beginning tomorrow, when i
call is to be issued for a State
convention in Illinois, the work
of organization will be pushed
forward rapidly. State by State.
At a later time, probably early
in August, it is intended that a
national convention shall be held.
Colonel Roosevelt accepted the
nomination and said tonight he
had an understanding that he
would willingly step aside if it
should be the desire of the party
when organized to select another
stand-bearer.
The speech nominating Colonel
Roosevelt was made by William
A. Prendergast of New York.
who was to have presented the
Colonel's name to the convention
Dean William Draper Lewis of
the University of Pennsylvania
Law School, who was to make
one of the seconding speeches,
delivered tonight the address
prepared for the Republican
can convention.
Representatives of twenty-two
btates composed the notification
committee which informed Colo
nel Roosevelt of his nomination
and in a sense stood as sponsors
for the movement
Former Congressman Richmond
Pearson of North Carolina was on
the committee. Other States
represented on the committee
were New York, California,
Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio,
Kentucky, Utah, Vermont, Ala
bama, Colorado, Minnesota,
Iowa, North Dakota, Kansas,
Arizona, New Jersey, Maryland,
Louisiana, Washington, Illinois,
Oklahoma.
The Red Bandanna is the Battle
Flag of T. R.'s New Party.
Chicago Dispatch, 23rd.
The "progressive" party, born
ast night, was dedicated today.
In the presence of perhaps 500
men, some of them recognized
leaders of the movement others
merely onlookers, the first form
al step was taken. Governor
Johnson of California was em
powered to appoint a committee
of seven members to confer with
Colonel Roosevelt and formulate
a plan of action.
The movement is going on
steadily ahead," said James R.
Garfield of Ohio. "Those who
think this is a flash in the pan
are mistaken."
The bandanna handkerchief
was adopted as the "Roosevelt
battle flag." Mo3t of the dele
gates wore naming bandannas
tied around their arms and
others were distributed by the
hundreds to the crowd. The
bandanna, it was explained.
stands for the plain people who
ordinarly usehem.
We re all plain people here
and this is a movement of the
plain people," said one of the
delegates.
Dr. T. C. Johnson left Sat
urday evening for Atkinson in
response to a messoge announc
ing the illness of his mother,
Mrs. D. B. Johnson. Mrs. John
son's condition is not thought to
be serious, but she is expected to
return this afternoon with Dr.
Johnson and enter the Thompson
hospital for treatment.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Middling
cents.
cotton today, 11
Miss Flora Neal McMillan
went this morning to Charlotte,
where she will attend the mar
riage Thursday of Mis Christine
Hawley and Mr. C. F. Ra wlinaon.
A meeting of Haji will be
gin at Clyborn Baptist cvui--ch, 3
miles west of Lumberlui. Rev.
A. H. Porter, pastor, on ih sec
ond Sunday in July. The public
is cordially invited to attenJ.
Maggie Lennon. c--l red, will
be given a hearing i h i r Uternoon
at 3 o'clock before Mayor Cald
well on a charge of selling liquor.
She was arrested Saturday eve
ning at the Kingdale saw mill
plant by Chief H. H. Redfern.
County Superintendent J. R.
Poole will hold public examina
tions here in the court house
Thursday, July Hth, for white
teachers;Friday,12th,for colored,
and Saturday, 13th for Indiana.
Examinations will also be held
for high school and five year
State certificates.
Mr. F. G. Odum.of Buie.was
among the visitors in town Sat
urday. He remembered the ed
itor with one of the best-looking
and most delicious apples that
ever satisfied an apple-lover's
palate. This is the tree's first
year to bear and it has only a
few on it. Mr. Odum does not
know the variety.
Mr. Jno. Fuller and his
bride, who was Miss Mary Lou
ise Best of Goldsboro, who were
married in Goldsboro on the 12th
inst, arrived here Saturday af
ter a visit to Niagara Falls and
several Northern cities, and are
boarding at the home of Mr. Ful
ler's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Crichton,
North Elm street Mrs. Crich
ton will .entertain in honor of
Mrs. Fuller tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Travis Bass, a carpenter,
while at work Friday afternoon
i i i
on a new guara nouse oeing
erected for the town at the foot
of Fourth street, fell some 10 or
12 feet from a scaffold and was
painfully injured. One foot waa
badly sprained and he has some
internal injuries. He was taken
at once to Dr. H. T. Pope's hos
pital. Water street, where he re
ceived medical, attention and he
was resting as well as could be
expected this morning.
-Messrs. A. E. White, J. A.
McDougald and W. F. French
and Dr. W. A. McPhaul left last
evening for Baltimore, to attend
the Democratic national conven
tion. Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr.,
went to Raeford last night to at
tend Hoke county court and if
he can get through with court
in time he will attend the Balti
more convention; and perhaps
others will leave here this eve
ning bound for the same place
for the same occasion.
Mr. S. R. Clary, formerly
traffic manager of the Virginia
& Carolina Southern Ry., who
moved recently to Washington,
this State, to accept a position
with the Coast Line Ry., passed
through town yesterday en route
home after a visit since lhursday
to Fairmont, where Mrs. Clary
has been sick at the home of her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
Mrs. O. G. Calhoun, where she
has been visiting for several
weeks. Mrs. Clary's condition
was considered very much im
proved yesterday.
Miss Janie Carlyle, who for
some time has been at Wnghts-
ville Beach with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle,
where the family have a cottage
and are spending the summer.
has invited the Sans Souci
Club" of which she is a member,
o the beach to join her in a
ii
house party oi several aays.
The following constitute the
membership of the club: Misses
Annie Neill Fuller, Annie Ruth
Caldwell. Bonnie Barker. Emma
Higley, Sallie Thompson, Aman
da McDiarmid, Lillian Proctor,
Mildred Mclntyre and Berta Mc
Neill. The girls are invited to
go down Friday and stay until
Monday and it is expected that
all will go, . ...
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